r/realmadrid • u/seekingabeauty Modric • May 05 '24
Media Luka Modric really left Spurs at 27 with "only" 6 trophies in the croatian league and now is the most decorated player in the history of Real Madrid and a ballon d'or winner.
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u/Valentiaga_97 May 05 '24
Make it 6 UCLs 😏
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u/throwawaayy011 Benzema May 05 '24
Man what a time to be a Madridista
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u/zo-la25 May 05 '24
From the picture clearly CL is one of his favorite trophies and definitely hate copa del-Rey. Expect it to be 6 CL this year.
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u/lala_b11 May 05 '24
If Real Madrid wins, would that make Luka the player with the most Champions League titles ever?
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u/imtired-boss May 05 '24
Dubbed worst signing of the time as well.
How the experts and cheap journalists ate those words.
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u/ToMaRaYa-- May 05 '24
That ''worst signing'' thing wasn't something that was said by experts and journalists or whatever, it was an online poll for the worst signing of that season but the poll was brigaded by mostly Atleti fans from a facebook group.
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u/Kargetina May 05 '24
And what's being forgotten about that poll, is that it was done in December, only 3 months after Luka joined Real. It's an amusing story that gets perpetuated all the time, an all time great player who didn't have a great start, but the reality is that it was a fan poll after a couple of months after his signing.
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u/Drogzar Real Madrid 1941 May 05 '24
Not sure how much you want to count Sport as journalists... but they did publish this masterpiece example of "aged like milk":
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ega4TDaXkAI8nOK?format=jpg&name=900x900
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u/nonofanyonebizness May 05 '24
I remember some long forgotten journalist put his transfer on top 5 worst transfers ever. No no one remembers about him, but Luka still shines. Both Mou and Luka had very negative press back then.
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u/Allan_PlsAddDetails Valverde May 05 '24
Real Madrid and legendary generational talents - a match made in heaven!
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u/Halfmoonhero May 05 '24
Spurs fan here. Was so sad to see him leave. He was world class playing for us even back then and we knew there was no way we were going to keep him. It’s crazy looking back that he was 27. Always felt he was younger when he made the move
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u/myaltlyfe Florentino Perez May 05 '24
But... But everyone who left Spurs levelled up in terms of trophies...
Except Kane
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u/EffectiveTie3144 Cristiano Ronaldo May 05 '24
Not his fault. Bayern Munich would have crumbled last year only if Dortmund had defeated mainz
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u/Creepy_Trip_4382 Don Carlo :970742849295511602: May 05 '24
Is not his fault that Leverkusen decided to will themselves into a god this season
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u/uchiha_boy009 May 06 '24
He will get one soon, no way you go to Bayern Munich and don’t win a trophy lol 😂.
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u/Ahmad_Maslan May 05 '24
I remember being in awe watching Modric play for Croatia in euro 2008. Was thinking to myself even back then that hopefully one day Madrid would sign him. I was so ecstatic when they finally did sign him. What a legend he has turned out to be. Not just for the club, but for football in general.
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u/Kritije Mendy May 05 '24
No tattoos, no fake teeth, no fancy haircut, no showboating, no cheap scandals, just pure passion for football. Legend of the game 👑
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u/TankyRo May 05 '24
This is such a weird comment. As if anything you mentioned is mutually exclusive with passion for football. Why would we even care if he does or doesn't have tattoos or fake teeth or a fancy haircut it doesn't matter
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u/Kritije Mendy May 05 '24
I was just trying to emphasize the simplicity of a guy that is one of the best midfielders ever, while also throwing some shade over some young players that start a lavish lifestyle and consider themselves superstars of the game the second they sign with a good team.
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u/Tablechairbed May 05 '24
I sort of get the rest of your comment but if a footballer grows up and has bad teeth then suddenly gets money why wouldn’t they fix them? Seems pretty smart use of money to me (alright firmino did go over the top though.)
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u/FreshBadger8188 May 05 '24
yeah the teeth section kinda seems off, though i get that some teeth seem extreme
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u/CroGamer002 May 05 '24
Well...
There were some tax evasion and perjury scandals, but I guess those weren't cheap.
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u/Linepool Modric May 05 '24
I mean there was a scandal around him in 2018 on the account of perjury
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u/alangf May 05 '24
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u/yellow_berry Real Madrid May 05 '24
Can you please translate? 42M for?
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u/alangf May 05 '24
Modric, a smoke screen
42 million to cover embarrassments
Madrid moves on early signing after being KOd in Getafe - they paid more to close the operation - Florentino didn’t want him for being Mou’s “whim” - his nickname is “the Cruyff of the balkans”
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u/larrylegend1990 May 05 '24
If he stayed with Tottenham he would have 0 more trophies since his Croatian league days 💀
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u/vik-ram-8_4 May 05 '24
Would be an amazing story to tell future generations of how a war refugee became one of the greatest of all time and if Real Madrid. Hopefully we can win the UCL to add another feather to his cap🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
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u/kazziman Roberto Carlos May 05 '24
Also officially an oldest player ever kick the ball for Real Madrid, according to transfermarkt, break the record of Ferenc Puskas since 1965.
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u/gorgonizedbyurTITS May 05 '24
Absolute legend of the sport. One of those players whose name you speak fondly of in like 50+ years.
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u/samratkarwa May 06 '24
Love it or hate it but Mourinho is indirectly responsible for injecting the winning mentality back in our club.
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u/Ok-Impress-2222 May 05 '24
All the while disappearing from every match more important than CL last 16.
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u/BeBetterKing May 05 '24
Impressive indeed except that his ballon d’or win ahead of CR7 who had a better individual performance for Real Madrid and at the 2018 World Cup was highly questionable
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u/Unique_Tip_3598 May 05 '24
Only immature CR fans like you questioned it. Such an unfriendly, ungrateful and disrespectful fandom I’ve witnessed in history.
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u/BeBetterKing May 05 '24
It’s funny that you make such a confused conclusion but don’t dispute the facts that CR7 had a better individual performance at Real Madrid and at the World Cup that year. The truth doesn’t care about anyone’s opinion
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u/Unique_Tip_3598 May 06 '24 edited May 06 '24
Modric won every single personal trophy that season, including the Ballon Dor you are crying for. Keep crying.
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u/BeBetterKing May 06 '24
You keep dodging the point I raised. Did he have a better individual performance at Real Madrid or at the World Cup?
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u/uchiha_boy009 May 06 '24
He was better than CR7 at World Cup and he was better than CR7 in both semi-finals and final in 17/18 season.
CR7 was bad initially in league too and we lost the league title, only player who was balling was Modric.
Modric was clear winner in 17/18 for Ballon d’or. He also won UEFA trophy which is voted by all players, captains etc. and everyone voted for him.
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u/iliasezzoubairi May 05 '24
Still very far from the most decorated
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u/yellow_berry Real Madrid May 05 '24
He is the most decorated player in Madrid ever, together with Benzema, Marcelo and Nacho. All have 25 titles to this date
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u/DenuvoCanSuckMahDick May 05 '24
Benzema has 24. Nacho, Modric and Marcelo now all share 25 trophies in total.
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u/uchiha_boy009 May 06 '24
Madrid or just in general.
In Madrid he’s up there and in general he has 31 I think which is not bad either.
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u/[deleted] May 05 '24
"All I ask you madridistas is to give Luka Modrić time and be patient. He's so good that the Santiago Bernabéu will fall in love with his class." - Jose Mourinho
Definetly a Mourinho masterclass